Foel Cwmcerwyn
Foel Cwmcerwyn is the highest point of the Preseli Mountains and of Pembrokeshire.
Summit of Foel Cwmcerwyn
Location
Foel Cwmcerwyn lies within the borders of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, which includes most of the Preselis. A path leads to the summit from the village of Rosebush in the southwest.
Features
A trig point and a number of cairns are dotted across the summit area, and there is a disused quarry on the hill's western slopes as well as managed forest.
The peak features on numerous walking routes and trails.
Burial cairn
A Bronze Age burial cairn close to the summit is listed by the Royal Commission's website Coflein as
occupying a spectacular south-facing spur... The mound is flat-topped, sub-circular, measuring some 18-19m in diameter and being 1.2-1.5m high, apparently undisturbed.
References
- ^ "Pembrokeshire Coast National Park: Rosebush". Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ "OSexplore: Rosebush to Foel Cwmcerwyn". Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Walking Britain: Foel Cwmcerwyn from Rosebush". Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "BBC: Wales nature & outdoors". Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Visit Pembrokeshire". Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "The Guardian: A great hill walk". Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "RCAHMW: Foel Cwmcerwyn Cairn". Retrieved 3 August 2024.
External links
Media related to Foel Cwmcerwyn at Wikimedia Commons
- Computer generated summit panoramas Foel Cwmcerwyn index
- www.geograph.co.uk Photos of Foel Cwmcerwyn and surrounding area
- Entry on Hill Bagging site
- Entrry on Harold Street
